Mountain Bike Vocab for Beginners

[c0nsumer]

If you're new to riding don't forget to brush up on mountain bike vocab so you don't stand out. See here for some great pointers.

[utabintarbo]

[jfactor!]

"Eat fecal matter" = Crash
i.e. "I was ripping down that really fast section, washed out in the turn and ate fecal matter"

[TomE.]

Opened this thread hoping to learn difference between all-mountain, XC, and trail riding. Leaving disappointed.

[deezler]

^ wahhhhhh.

That was funny.

[JonathanGennick]

Am I a Barney or a Fred?

[utabintarbo]

Am I a Barney or a Fred?

Are you a large purple dinosaur?

[Di_bear]

"Death cookies." Haven't heard that before. I really like that!!

betty

1. n. any female rider.
2. n. the girlfriend of an addictive rider. (see bob)

bob
n. the boyfriend of an addictive rider. (See betty)

fred

1. n. a person who spends a lot of money on his bike and clothing, but still can't ride. "What a fred -- too much Lycra and titanium and not enough skill." Synonym for poser. Occasionally called a "barney".
2. n. a person who has a mishmash of old gear, does't care at all about technology or fashion, didn't race or follow racing, etc. Often identified by chainring marks on white calf socks. Used by "serious" roadies to disparage utility cyclists and touring riders, especially after these totally unfashionable "freds" drop the "serious" roadies on hills because the "serious" guys were really posers. This term is from road touring and, according to popular myth, "Fred" was a well-known grumpy old touring rider, who really was named Fred.

http://www.bicyclesource.com/bicycling_glossary

[iamkickstand]

Those two definitions of a fred in your post di_bear are complete opposites.

1. describes a total poser
2. describes the kind of person I like to ride with, one who couldn't give a *beep* about technology, fancy stuff, etc and just rides....

I think maybe that will make it hard to determine if I know any fred's or not.